The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
Something Else to Show.

Something Else to Show.
That was happy inspiration OF our
Independent (?) contemporary of the
North East Star to assume in defence
of the economical C) administration
which the Democratic managers have
given the taxpayers of this county for
twenty years past, that because the bills
are all on file in apple-pie order, un
der the skillful clerical hand of our OBJ
liging clerk to the County Commission
ers, that therefore the people got some
thing to show for the amounts SO law
ishly disbursed.
We honor Mr. Carey for his child-like
trust in asking us to believe that we
have had an economical administra
ton of county affairs. But in all sim
cerity the deserved compliment is more
due his heart than his head, and at the
risk of dispelling the delusion under
which he is laboring, and which he
would have others equally ingenious
share with him, we ask his religious at
tention to an exhibit now on file in the
Commissioners office, which as a tenn
perance man and a prohibitionist he
should carefully consider. He will re-
member that a certain William Green
alias "Billy the JOKER" a man who
during his life had accumulated quite
sum of money by the illegal sale of in
toxlcating liquors, was found brutally
murdered near Chesapeake City in
March 1886. The slayers of the old
man left no traces OF their identity.
Our saplent and economical county
authorities, determined upon a novel
and pleasing method to discover the
perpetrators Of the crime. Instead of
asking the Governor of the State to
offer suitable reward open to com
petition among professional detectives
for the discover of the criminals, two
junketing gentlemen of Plnkerton's
National Detective Agency were sent
to Chesapeake City to work up the
case at the expense Of the county.
They did so with vengeance, as the
sequel will show. One of this frater
nifty whose initials appear upon the
County Record as "W. J. R., took the
case in hand and masqueraded in the
role of a detective for quite time at
Chesapeake City. The arrival there of
this bibulous gentleman was the signal
for general rejoicing by the surviving
remnants OF the old "Canal Ring" now
known as the ''Chesapeake City Dem
ocratic Ring" and whose names it is
not necessary in this connection to in
dicate, but which are we'll known in that
Community. They took him in, as
we'll as the secret of his presence there,
while other reputable citizens of that
town, little dreamed how the taxpayers
of the whole county were beng TAKEN
in by this wonderful piece of detective
work. The whole month of April, and
part of May were spent in
series of carousals around that town
Sundays and week days alike. The
open violation of the local option law
became a public scandal in that com.
munity, the sober taxpayers OF the
Second district never dreaming that
they in common with the other tax
payers of the county a,e,e to feet the
bill. We do not exaggerate the facts
of the case, when we assert that more
illegal whiskey was drunk, and what is
more, charged to Cecil Comfy, as our
exhibit below will show, while w. ]. r.
figured in Chesapeake City, than ever
was, or ever will be again in that town
at least at the people expense. Tax
payers in that vicinity often wondered
what the cost of all this carousing would
be, and who would foot the bill, and
those who were curious enough to read
the statement of county expenses for
1886, found the original OF the follow
ing bill against the county for all this
fun, amounting to $5j3.SS.
Cecil County
To Pnkeyton'S National Detectirc Agcncy Dr.
(FOr Serrlces and Expenses in case Of Nm Green,
nlurdered):
Apr. to May s-Scrrice Of Operative " J. r..
32l, days at rs per day ........... $3.50 90
Expenses for same. ....................... 10 %
Apr. is to 23-SerriceS of Operative q. F., 5
ddyS at IS De- ddg........... . 40 90
Expenses for Observation-Disclosures. 26 %
Expenses for X. !. NJ. Observation-Disclosures. II
May 9 10 May 22-Serrices Of ". J r., IA
days at IS PEI, dGy.... .................. ll2 90
Expenses tor same Observation-Disclosures. a IS